FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

markmuhl Expectations are high when watching a much acclaimed cult movie for the first time, maybe too high for an immediate love affair but it does not take very long to sense the special atmosphere of this artwork.At first sight, it is the mixture of a fabulous soundtrack together with the beautiful landscapes of a road movie and the coolness of the two protagonists, which stand out, although in my eyes, it seems to be quite a risky thing to have two drug dealers as the popular figures of the movie. Is it possible to identify with their search for freedom if this freedom is bought at the cost of harming others? Or is this meant to be already the first indication that the trip will have no good ending! Then there is the moral aspect of the movie, which is perfectly analyzed by the great side character given by Jack Nicholson: People are afraid of too much freedom and it makes them dangerous towards its representatives. How dangerous becomes clear already in the very same night that these words are spoken out and at the uncompromising end of the movie. The performance of Jack NickNick Nicholson is really striking and it appears to be only logical that this was the starting point of a great career.The film is also special because of some unusual shots, like the drug-selling scene just underneath the flight path to LA airport or the drug money hiding in the tank scene. I also appreciate the quick and bewildering cuts of the New Orleans LSD trip. I could imagine that this is a good cinematic approach to a real LSD experience (though probably not) and builds a nice contrast to the otherwise slow pace of the movie, which in some comments is even described as having no plot at all. This may be a bit exaggerated but it is true that the movie is mostly a sequence of little connected encounters along Fonda's and Hopper's road trip from LA to Mardi Gras, including the rather elaborate portrait of a hippie commune in the middle of nowhere. This may be also a reason for not falling in love with the movie immediately but in the end, it is the sum of all these occurrences, which result in a well-balanced overall picture of the portrayed society in its time.

ibrarsiddiqi The dictionary meaning for the word 'cult'can be best described as "an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially as manifested by a body of admirers." The film centres around two bikers, Wyatt and Billy who travel across America on the highways and byways of sixties America with an open mind. They meet hostility, attract admiration, love and ignorance but above all the memories of a road trip in what was a truly amazing time across the world when young people dropped out, tuned in to a different vibe, transforming art, music, love, cinema and indeed society. 'Easy Rider'arguably captures the spirit of the Sixties, you have to watch the film with a few friends with the lights low and the sound up, revel in the drugs, the music and the great story line which will blow your mind and preconceptions away.

outrunkid I could never understand why a film about two anti-society hippies on chopper bikes going across America taking real drugs doing a whole lot of nothing became should become such a revered and awarded film. But now I do. Now that I've actually seen the film, I understand completely...This counter-culture masterpiece embraces ideals, expressions and feelings that simply were not (and still today are not) generally revealed in Hollywood movies. Feelings of freedom and life and standing out whilst everyone else sits afraid, of going for that 'big score' to find out how you to want to live your life and of defiantly standing your ground against the established order. The great majority of this is successfully expressed through Hopper's debut direction. It is at times I feel clunky and overtly stands out as work that is inexperienced, but despite that it matches the tone and messages that should be conveyed within the work almost perfectly. The iconic and tragic ending came as a total surprise to me. Not for a long time have I been so shocked by the ending of a film that I sat staring in complete silence at the screen until the song ended and the DVD reverted back to the menu. A great film with amazing spiritual and physical values that leaves me with no doubts why it did indeed influence and inspire many more works that came after it.

willwoodmill Easy Rider was one of the biggest surprises I ever had (the biggest being George Washington), it was not at all what I expected. I was expecting a cult comedy, somewhere along the lines of Airplane! or The Big Lebowski. One thing I was not expecting was the film to send me into a melancholic depression, with tears in my eyes. Easy Rider is a perfect example of "New Hollywood" Cinema, a movement that started in the mid 60s and typically focused on more taboo subject matters, and had much darker protagonists. Easy Rider meets both of these qualifications, as it is about two drug dealing, pot-head, biker, hippies, that after making a big drug deal in California, try to drive all the way to New Orleans in just a few days for Mardi Gras, while simultaneously trying to find the American Dream. As they meet different people and camp in old ruins. The film was co-written by its leads, Dennis Hooper, (who also directed it), and Peter Fonda. It was also produced by Bob Rafelson, who was a key figure in the New Hollywood movement, and stars another key figure, Jack Nicholson, who starred in several major New Hollywood films (Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One a Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, etc). Jack Nicholson gives the best performance in the film, which is pretty impressive feat, because they're all great and noteworthy, and he doesn't come in until halfway through the film. Jack Nicholson plays the character of George Hanson, a drunk in a small town with some pretty crazy theories about the government. But before we meet George Hanson, our protagonists have already traveled with several other colorful individuals that bring their own philosophy. Some of the best scenes in Easy Rider, are the camp fire scenes, where after a long day of biking the characters will just sit down and talk for 3-5 minutes, before going to bed. And the conversations they have during these scenes are some of the best written dialogue I have ever heard in any film ever, I don't won't to spoil any of the conversations for anyone who hasn't seen the film, but when you get to these campfire scenes, get ready for pure gold. One thing that isn't so good in Easy Rider is a montage that happens towards the end of the film, the idea is fine by itself, but goes on so much longer than it needs to that it just comes of as forced, but that's a small thing in an otherwise great film. Easy Rider is one of those films that has huge potential to change someone's life, like Ikiru or The Graduate, something that just is filled with some many emotions, and lessons, something that sticks with you long after you've finished watching it, and gets better the more you think about, something that will not only forever change the way you look at cinema, but the way you look at life. 9.3/10